[Shotimes] Control arm removal

[Kirk Doucette]

They rust in, Mike should have know this. You need an air hammer to punch it
out. Its very common

Kirk J Doucette
NESHOC President
Stormtrooper-97 White

-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On
Behalf Of Paul L Fisher
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 11:09 AM
To: SHOtimes (Team.net); TechSHO (Topica)
Subject: [Shotimes] Control arm removal

Yesterday, I was trying to swap out both the front and rear control arms. On
the fronts, they came of the subframe OK and off the knuckle OK, the problem
is the bushing where they meet the tension strut. Couldn't get them to
release on either sides. Any suggestions? I put the car back together with
the old ones.

On the rear, 2 problems reared their ugly heads. 1st, on the front one on
the drivers side, the control arm came off the rear knuckle but there was
some sort of steel sleeve firmly stuck on the bolt. No matter what, we could
not remove it.

On the passenger side, the rear one was rather bent. It looked like I had
hit a curb sometime. It must of been the PO. Anyhow, I couldn't get the bolt
on the H box to release. The nut came off fine but the bolt refused to turn
or be pulled out.

Any clues?

Paul L Fisher
'93 Ford Taurus SHO Crimson Clearcoat ATX 171K Build date 11/18/1992
- K&N Panel filter, Tokico Struts, Eibach Springs, Dynomax cat-back, Holley
190lph fuel pump, FPS rebuilt ATX, 26mm rear sway bar, Performance-Plus
Stainless Steel Y-pipe, '96 brake upgrade, Delrin sub-frame bushings, Amsoil
Series 2000 0W-30 oil, Amsoil Synthetic ATF.
'00 Ford Explorer XLT 5.0L V8 AWD Oxford White Clearcoat 41K Build date
11/19/1999
- Amsoil Series 2000 0W-30 oil, K&N Fuel Injection Performance Kit

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